The 2008 election was held on November 8. The result was a change of government from a Labour-led to a National-led government. The 2008 Election Study includes module 3 of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) programme. The data set contains 3,042 respondents, of whom 636 are an oversample from the seven Māori electorates. Part of the data...

The 2011 New Zealand General Election was held November 26th. This survey includes module 4 of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) programme and also includes questions that will be used to analyse the results of the electoral system referendum concurrent with the election.

The general election was held on 20 September, 2014. Its outcome was the re-election of a National Party-led government for a third term. We generated new knowledge about relationships between psychological personality types and political behaviour, particularly for participation and civic engagement. We also tested the extent to which individuals'...

This post-election survey focused on voting trends and decision making in the 1990 New Zealand general election. Respondents were questioned on: the importance to them of various issues such as inflation, unemployment, economic growth, defence, health, social welfare, law and order, education; which party was most likely, as a government, to address these...